Syria’s Raqqa implements loudspeakers to broadcast lockdown procedures
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – The officer department in the People’s Municipality, with the participation of the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) in the city of Raqqa, northern Syria, resorted to alerting residents via loudspeakers to comply with the complete lockdown decision issued by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
On Tuesday, North Press published a video showing normal movement in the city, amid failure to comply with the complete lockdown decision on its first day.
People’s Municipality’s cars in Raqqa roamed the markets and the main streets of the city.
On April 3, AANES decided to impose a complete lockdown on the cities of Hasakah, Qamishli, and Raqqa for a period of one week, starting from Tuesday, April 6 until April 12.
The co-chair of the Health Committee in the Raqqa Civil Council, Kassar al-Ali, considers the 6-day lockdown period in the areas of northeast Syria to be, “insufficient from the medical point of view.”
“The situation will be reassessed at the end of the lockdown, and the appropriate decision will be taken to extend the complete lockdown or impose a partial lockdown,” al-Ali told North Press.
On Thursday, the AANES’s Health Board recorded four deaths and 279 new coronavirus cases, bringing the infections’ toll to 11,992, including 400 deaths and 1,340 recoveries.